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Parris
Parris

Reputation: 18408

Selecting which project under a solution to debug or run in Visual Studio 2010

This one should be easy. I just can't figure out what to search for...

For this one solution I created a unit test project, and I've been adding unit tests frantically. When I went back to try to run the original project after making all the unit tests pass I realized that I couldn't figure out how to debug the original project.

In other words, every time I try to "debug" (e.g., by pressing F5), Visual Studio will run the unit tests. So the question is how do I run various projects in a single solution? How do I select which one will run when I want it to?

Upvotes: 53

Views: 48871

Answers (6)

Soufian
Soufian

Reputation: 161

Now in Visual Studio 2020, when you right click on the solution and click on Properties you have the choice of running a single or multiple project or multiple :

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If you choose single you can choose here : enter image description here

And with multiple startup projects, you can run multiple at the same time !

Upvotes: 0

mdzeko
mdzeko

Reputation: 932

I wanted to debug a single console app project, and it is as simple as that:

  1. Select the project in the Visual Studio run menu: enter image description here
  2. You can even add debug parameters in the project properties: enter image description here

That's it. You can right-click the project and press "Start new instance", enter image description here

or press F5, or click the "play" button visible in the first image.

Upvotes: 0

Furkan Ekinci
Furkan Ekinci

Reputation: 2632

This was my quickly Startup Project change way for me:

  1. Tools > Customize > Commands Tab.
  2. Choose Toolbar selection
  3. Select Standard toolbar. Customize Window
  4. Choose a place by mouse for new icon on menu preview and click Add Command... button
  5. Go to Project item on Categories list on opened Add Command window.
  6. Select Set as Startup Project item on Commands list enter image description here
  7. Now, you can Set current project as Startup Project just one click enter image description here

But today I want more quickly way, then I finally found a way to set a shortcut for Set as Startup Project menu.

Just set a shortcut for "ClassViewContextMenus.ClassViewProject.Debug.Startnewinstance" item at Tools > Options > Enviroment > Keyboard

I set Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F5

Upvotes: 7

Justin Pihony
Justin Pihony

Reputation: 67075

You can right click on the project and choose to set as startup project

Upvotes: 73

K J
K J

Reputation: 612

1) In the Solution-Explorer, right-click on the project that is the project for the executable assembly, and select "Set as Startup Project". This will make the project show in bold, and will be run automatically when you press F5.

2) Alternatively, in the Solution-Explorer, right-click on the project that is the project for the executable assembly, and select "Debug -> Start New Instance". This will start the debug session immediately.

Upvotes: 7

Eric J.
Eric J.

Reputation: 150108

You can right-click a project and set it as the Startup Project. It then is debugged when you press F5, or run when you press Ctrl-F5.

You can right-click a project and select Debug / Start new instance to debug a project that is not the startup project.

On a side note, you can run / debug the unit tests without setting the unit test project as the startup one. There are icons (and keyboard shortcuts) in the toolbar to run or debug unit tests at various scopes (if not visible right-click your toolbar and select Test Tools).

Upvotes: 7

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